I was kinda bothered by how, in the aftermath of the election, all anyone was talking about was the racial barrier that “we’d” (just over half of us!!!) overcome. I’m guessing it’s a generational thing (I’m twixt GenX and GenY/Millenials), but the question of race had nothing to do with my vote for Obama and [...]

Gobama!

Here’s hoping I won’t regret getting swept up by ‘bama. Obviously, it’s an historic night.  Here’s what’s been going through my head:
http://www.archive.org/download/kwi2002-06-21.shnf/kwi2002-06-21d1t02_vbr.mp3

Yes

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Well said.

I miss President Bartlet

Marvelous:
OBAMA The problem is we can’t appear angry. Bush called us the angry left. Did you see anyone in Denver who was angry?
BARTLET Well … let me think. …We went to war against the wrong country, Osama bin Laden just celebrated his seventh anniversary of not being caught either dead or alive, my family’s less [...]

Infuriating, or maybe just saddening

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/08/perspective-on-mazen-asbahi.html
I’m increasingly disappointed by Obama. It’s not that he’s a bad candidate. I (along with many others) projected unrealistic hopes onto him. As the recent New Yorker profile drove home, he above all is a savvy politician. I think we’re headed for a presidency of idealistic speeches but compromises that, well, compromise those ideals. I’m [...]

Hillary = Amoral

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/06/rehabilitation-for-herself-what-could.html
Amoral, as in: not attached to any moral principle that isn’t completely negotiable if there is an obstacle in the way of what is wanted.
That’s exactly what I’ve felt about Hillary from the get go. (It’s also what distinguishes McCain 2000 from McCain 2008.)

Looking for hope in a hopeless world

Put aside your Obama-fatigue for a few minutes and read this:
http://www.esquire.com/features/barack-obama-0608#
A long excerpt (bold emphasis is mine):
Someone will have to measure the wreckage. Someone will have to walk through the ruins. Someone will have to count the cost.
More than anything else, the presidential election ongoing is — or, as a right, ought to be — [...]